expression / ichidan verb:

• ... is considered to ...

expression:

• be; is - polite copula - polite language ➜ である

expression:

• be; is - polite copula - archaism - polite language ➜ で御座います

auxiliary:

• be; is - semi-polite copula - abbreviation ➜ です

expression:

• is that so? ➜ そうなんです・そうなんですけどねぇ

auxiliary:

• not - from 〜ずあり; used after a -nai stem - archaism

expression:

• is; are - from 〜ぞあり; usu. as 〜にざりける

copula:

• be; is - used in place of the plain copula だ when attributing an utterance to a Korean; oft. derog. - humorous term - slang - From Korean ➜ だ

copula:

• be; is - used in place of the plain copula だ when attributing an utterance to a Chinese person - humorous term - colloquialism - From Korean

noun:

• world of suffering - Buddhism term
• life of prostitution

noun:

• the world; the path of life

noun:

• art of living; way of life

noun:

• life as evanescent as the dew

expression:

• in traveling, companionship; in life, kindness - proverb

noun:

• socio-environmental studies; life environment studies

noun:

• linguistic aspects of life; linguistic behaviour

noun:

• terminal care; end-of-life care ➜ 終末医療

particle / conjunction:

• among other things; such things as; or something like that

auxiliary adjective:

• want to ... do something; would like to ... - after the -masu stem of a verb

particle:

• indicates emphasis - at sentence-end - Kyūshū dialect

suffix / adjective:

• very ... - after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb; also ったい ➜ めでたい

noun:

• man dressed like an artisan; man of workmanlike appearance

expression:

• bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire - four character idiom

adverb:

• so; like this; in this way ➜ こんな

expression / pre-noun adjectival:

• that sort of; like that

adverb:

• in this way; like this

expression:

• in that manner; like that

expression:

• in that way; like that